after all the whining i did last week, a lot of things have really turned around.

for one (if you haven’t heard it yet):

accepted to grad school!

i think i’m still a little euphoric about that. okay that’s a lie: i’m SO excited to go back to school in the fall! i know it’ll be hard, but definitely worth it.

two: i chatted with my dietician, and she set me straight about what was going wrong. basically, i can’t really eat more than 2000 cal/day anymore. i used to be able to go up to 2200-2300 and still lose, but not anymore. really, that’s a good thing, because it means that my weight has gone down (yay) and i don’t need that much energy anymore. after that, i’ve been more vigilant about keeping my calories below 2000, and it’s really given me results.

three: my back is no longer hurting me anymore. i have no idea what i did to it, but after the shin splint debacle last monday my back started killing me. i went swimming on tuesday, which probably was a bad idea, and that was the last time i exercised.  on sunday i asked my home teachers to come over and give me a blessing, and the next day i felt so much better. i’m so grateful that i’ve got good, worthy home teachers who are able to help out when i need them to.

the doctor says i can go back slowly now and to be sure that i do exercises to strenghten my back. but despite the no exercise i’ve still been losing weight. happiness.

the opera audition was okay, but not great. i’m pretty sure that i was sharp in one section, and i was crazy nervous and i’m sure it showed in a bad way. but who cares? i got into grad school so i can’t do the opera anyway!

and! i’m taking a glass blowing class, which is amazing. i’m horrible at it, but that’s okay because i’m learning.

daily gratitudes:
1. the gospel
2. health
3. education
3. family & friends